The adventures of Tom Sawyer
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
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TOM'S WONDERFUL DREAM. 151<br />
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And so it was ! Well, goodness gracious ! Go on, <strong>Tom</strong> !<br />
"And then you began to cry."<br />
" So I did. So I did. Not the first time, neither. And — then<br />
"<strong>The</strong>n Mrs. Harper she began to cry, and said Joe was just the same and she<br />
wished she hadn't wliipped him for taking cream when she'd throwed it out her<br />
own self— "<br />
" <strong>Tom</strong> ! <strong>The</strong><br />
was doing ! Land<br />
sperrit was upon you ! You<br />
alive, go on, <strong>Tom</strong> !<br />
"<strong>The</strong>n Sid he said—he said— "<br />
"I don't think I said anything," said Sid.<br />
" Yes you did, Sid," said Mary.<br />
"<br />
was a prophecying— that's what you<br />
"Shut your heads and let <strong>Tom</strong> go on ! "What did he say, <strong>Tom</strong>.? "<br />
" He said— I think he said he hoped I was better <strong>of</strong>f where I was gone to, but if<br />
I'd been better sometimes— "<br />
" <strong>The</strong>re, d'you hear that ! It was his very words !<br />
" And you shut him up sharp."<br />
"I lay I did! <strong>The</strong>re must a been an angel there. <strong>The</strong>re was an angel there,<br />
"<br />
somewheres !<br />
"And Mrs. Harper told about Joe scaring her with a fire-cracker, and you told<br />
about Peter and the Pain-killer— "<br />
"<br />
" Just as true as I live !<br />
" And then there was a whole lot <strong>of</strong> talk 'bout dragging the river for us, and<br />
'bout having the funeral Sunday, and then you and old Miss Harper hugged and<br />
cried, and she went."<br />
" It happened just so ? It happened just so, as sure as I'm a sitting in these<br />
very tracks. <strong>Tom</strong> you couldn't told it more like, if you'd a seen it ! And<br />
what<br />
.''<br />
"<br />
on, <strong>Tom</strong> ?<br />
then<br />
" <strong>The</strong>n I thought you prayed for me—and I could see you and hear every word<br />
you said. And you went to bed, and I was so sorry, that I took and wrote on a<br />
piece <strong>of</strong> sycamore bark, ' We ain't dead— 7ve are only <strong>of</strong>f beingpirates,' and put it<br />
on the table by the candle ;<br />
and then you looked so good, laying there asleep, that<br />
I thought I went and leaned over and kissed you on the lips."